Brother Jiu watched it and said to Shu Shu: "Look at how proud Gao Bin is. It means it's raining, otherwise it's all in vain."

Shu Shu looked out the window, it was raining heavily outside.

The beginning of summer is about to begin, and the rain is coming. I don’t know what happens in other places, but there should be no more drought in Gyeonggi.

She said: "It's not easy for people to rely on the weather to make a living. Local parents are like gambling in front of them. They have to hope for good weather, otherwise the evaluation will not be good."

Brother Jiu thought deeply and said: "So we have to think of ways, we can't just rely on Tian Liang..."

When he said this, his heart moved.

Yiduli visited the kiln entrance of Xishan in the past two days and reported the output of marl.

The previous inventory caused the Zhili Governor's Yamen to build embankments. Now it has to supply the Ministry of Household Affairs to build new warehouses, which can barely be met, but it can't be done if it wants to expand the kiln.

Because it is next to Yuquan Mountain, the kiln mouth is too big and I worry about polluting the water veins.

There are many salt water wells in the capital. Not only the palace has to pull water from Yuquan Mountain, but also many princes and nobles have to pull water from Xishan Mountain.

If you want to increase the production of marl, you need to choose another location.

Xianghe is good, connected to the official road of the capital, which is more convenient.

If you can find quicklime veins, you can build a kiln nearby.

Brother Jiu took up a pen and wrote a letter about this matter.

If Gao Bin is interested, arrange for someone to come back to Beijing as soon as possible and don't wait until late.

After finishing writing the letter, Brother Jiu said to Shu Shu: "I remembered Nian Xiyao. The pen post style directly corrected the fifth-grade Tongzhi. I didn't pay attention to it before. Why do I feel something is wrong now? The seventh grade of the pen post style is considered high.

Is this the fifth grade that is directly supplemented by the seventh grade?"

It’s normal for officials from the capital to be promoted to one or two levels, but it’s unusual to be promoted to four levels, right?

Shu Shu thought for a while and said: "Is it because of my father's influence? Is it because he was directly taught the Zhengliupin style of writing?"

Nian Xiyao's father was a second-rank governor. According to the rules, a son could be imprisoned. After completing his studies and passing the exam, he could be promoted to a sixth-rank governor.

Brother Jiu was surprised and said: "I forgot about this. That old Gao has already reached the fourth grade. If the younger brother Gao Bin fails to pass the exam in a few years, he can also enter the Imperial College..."

Civil officials are of the fourth rank in the capital and foreign officials are of the third rank. Military officers are in the capital and of the two ranks abroad.

As the couple talked, they thought of Xiao Si.

The qualification plan for Tutongfu Yinsheng is for primary school students.

Brother Ninth said regretfully: "It's only a few years away. If my uncle had been there a few years earlier, your family would have been able to protect the two of them, and Xiao Wu's future wouldn't have to worry."

At that time, there were two brothers in Dong E's family. One was a super-ranked uncle, and the other was a good-ranked uncle. Both of them could support a son.

It's just that the age limit for the Imperial College is sixteen, and it's too late to say this now.

Brother Jiu was in the Yamen and was familiar with the promotion of civil servants. He said to Shu Shu: "If Xiaosi goes back to the Imperial College, he can also make up for his posthumous form after the term is over. I have discovered that Manchu civil servants are promoted quickly. If the opportunity is good, the pen

It only takes about ten years for Tie Shi to reach Xiao Jiuqing."

Shu Shu listened to her heartbeat and said: "Looking back at Xiaosi's ambition, it would be good to practice locally like Nian Xiyao did."

Ten years later, Xiao Jiuqing will not have a good job. It is the critical time to win the inheritance, so he will inevitably be involved.

Brother Jiu said: "The tea plantation in Yunnan owes a lot to Nian Xiyao. How many years has he been here? Thirty-eight years, two terms to four or four years. It's still going to last. Let's remember something by then."

, help him find a good place..."

Nian Xiyao is now a fifth-rank magistrate, and he can be promoted to magistrate without any mistakes in his two terms.

Shu Shu nodded.

The Nian family still has many decades of good times to come, but Brother Ninth's misfortune has caused the situation to get heated up in advance.

Brother Ninth thought of the Zhang family again and said, "Prime Minister Zhang can also be a spoiler. He was born in the fifth rank. Why didn't the Zhang family mention this?"

Shu Shu said: "You should probably wait for yourself to take the exam. My sons are all young."

Brother Jiu shook his head and said: "After passing the exam, you have to go from the seventh level to the seventh level. It will take more than ten years to advance to the fifth level. This won't settle the score, right?"

Shu Shu said: "No one can predict the road to the imperial examination. I guess what Prime Minister Zhang means is to wait until later, when his sons have passed the exam a few times and have given up the idea of ​​taking the exam themselves, and then make up for the shadow students, or keep the quota."

, to the grandchildren..."

This kind of life can not only be given to sons, but also to grandchildren.

The sons have given birth to two Jinshi, and the family has support. This birth is just the icing on the cake.

After twenty or thirty years, if the grandchildren fail to become talented, then this Yin Sheng will be a fifth-rank official who can protect the family from collapse for another thirty years.

Brother Jiu said: "This scholar is too narrow-minded and thinks too far..."

*

Tongcheng, Zhangjia.

After receiving the feast, the Zhang family quietly divided their property.

There was no such thing as looking for witnesses from clan members and in-laws as is the case nowadays when families are separated.

The Zhang family is already the number one family in Tongcheng, and there is no need for others to tell the Zhang family about their housework.

Each son has ten hectares of land, and the youngest son's ten hectares are in the hands of Mrs. Yao and will be given to him after he gets married.

The other fifty hectares were divided.

The eldest son is in the hands of Zhang Ruolin.

The share of the second bedroom is in the hands of Zhang Tinglu. Among the brothers, he has the best relationship with Zhang Tingyu.

Zhang Tinglu, Zhang Siye and Zhang Liuye took the other three copies.

Sixty hectares of land were reserved for public use, and along with the account books, Zhang Ying handed them over to Zhang Ruolin, the grandson of the family.

Zhang Ruolin was surprised and glanced at Zhang Tinglu, wondering whether he should accept it or not.

Zhang Yingdao: "Stop it. Your third uncle will go to Beijing next month. It's time to get rid of these chores and concentrate on preparing for the exam."

Only then did Zhang Ruolin take it with both hands.

Zhang Tinglu felt strange, but she didn't show it on her face.

But when everyone had dispersed, he stayed and said with some anxiety: "Father, mother, my son was the housekeeper before, what was wrong with him?"

He wants to build a career, but so does his nephew.

He has been studying for more than 20 years and has learned almost everything; his nephew is nineteen years old and is the age when he should concentrate on studying.

Regarding this year's subject, father and son had already talked about it, and there was a dilemma between passing and failing.

Because of the separation of official papers and civilian papers, the Shuntianfu Township Examination is more difficult than the Jiangnan Township Examination.

Zhang Ying looked at his son and said, "Do you think you did the right thing?"

Zhang Tinglu was silent, a little unconvinced.

He never acted independently, but followed the rules and regulations.

In the early years, the second brother and second sister-in-law were in charge of the house in my hometown. No matter whether they were clan members or in-laws, they were all praised.

When the second sister-in-law was gone and the second brother had to go to Beijing to take the exam, he took over the housework.

This big family member, inside and outside, he has never had any selfish intentions.

Zhang Ying looked at Zhang Tinglu, without a smile on his face, and said: "I am a high-ranking official, and have accumulated my current family property, with thousands of acres of fertile land, and hundreds of servants, but my daughter has to pawn to survive..."

Mrs. Yao was standing by. When she heard this, she thought about how her daughter, who was talented and smart in her early years, had been tempered by life like an old woman. She also said with red circles: "The world is divided into yin and yang, people are divided into male and female, but whether it is a boy or a girl, I am the one who conceived the baby."

Those born in October, as long as you have a little bit of filial piety and can be considerate of your parents, how can you remain indifferent while seeing your fellow brothers and sisters miserable!"

Zhang Tinglu was startled, and then she said a little at a loss: "Father, mother, son... son..."

Zhang Ying's face became more disappointed and said: "That is not only your mother's and mine's daughter, but also your sister. Your three hundred thousand was taught by your third sister. How can you bear to let her live in embarrassment?"

?The Zhang family has a good reputation in Tongcheng. They always give porridge during natural disasters. They are so cruel to strangers, but they can be so cruel to their own flesh and blood. When you read, you read it into the belly of a dog? The so-called hypocrite is nothing more than that, just like you

As my mother said, if you don't care about brotherhood, you don't even have filial piety to your parents? Even if you can't intervene, it's so difficult to mention a few words in the family letter?"

The brother-in-law of the same generation cannot interfere in the family affairs of the brother-in-law, and the father-in-law and mother-in-law cannot help the daughter and son-in-law?

When the time comes, the elder will give it to you, and you can't refuse it. It will be solved with just one sentence.

But every time the family letters mention the family here in Tongcheng, everything is fine.

As a result, the dignified daughter of the prime minister was reduced to living as a pawn. This is a big joke.

When the Zhang family is mentioned outside, will there be any good words?

Zhang Tinglu blushed and said: "Father, in the early years, the second brother and the second sister-in-law used excuses to support the third sister. However, the third brother-in-law had a stubborn temper, and there were gossips outside that he was Zhang's adopted son-in-law, so the third brother-in-law had to give up.

I left Tongcheng and went to Jiangning to study..."

The Yao family became prosperous earlier than the Zhang family. The brother-in-law of the Yao family is the great-grandfather. His grandfather and father were both Jinshi, and his uncle was an official to the Ministry of Punishment.

It was just that brother-in-law Yao's father had an upright temperament and was dismissed from office for offending his superior. After returning home, he became depressed and spent all his family property before he died of illness, which made him feel miserable these days.

Zhang Tinglu mentioned her brother and sister-in-law not to shirk responsibility, but because she knew that if her father complained about this matter, he would also be dissatisfied with his second brother and second sister-in-law, who had been housekeepers for more than ten years.
To be continued...